Lot 24082: IVAN F. SUMMERS (American 1889-1964)

IVAN F. SUMMERS (American 1889-1964)
Sand Pit, c.1939
Oil on canvas
18in. x 20in. (sight size)
Signed lower right: Ivan Summers
Inscribed on stretcher: Sand Pit
Labels from 1989 Retrospective Exhibition on verso
Provenance: Artist's estate to heirs; A.J. Kollar Fine Art; private collection, c.1989 to 2004
Exhibited: Kollar & Davidson, Seattle, Washington, 1989 Ivan Summers Retrospective
Literature: the painting is shown on p.12 of the illustrated exhibition catalog

Ivan Summers is best known for his long-term associations as painter and teacher in Woodstock, NY and Rockport, MA. His early career led him from the East through the South, Southwest and eventually to California. The location of this scene is possibly west Texas or Arizona. Summers taught at the Northern Arizona State Teachers College.